was just one point short of being promoted to the top tier, The Israeli Premier League, finishing third. In the following year, 2018–19, the club finished twelfth, and narrowly avoided relegation. Current squad As to 31 January 2023 International former players Europe Sejad Halilović (had one cap for croatia before Bosnia got their independence) Yevgeni Kashentsev Gennadi Tumilovich Ivan Yaremchuk Marc Van Der Linden Dean Racunica Gábor Márton Tomasz Cebula Karol Schulz Africa Paul Akouokou Patrick Ovie Emmanuel Samadia Central and North America Matan Peleg Israel Rami Gershon Omer Atzili Baruch Dego Ya'akov Hodorov Shay Holtzman Eyal Ben Ami Itamar Shviro Managers Eli Cohen (born 1951) Arik Gilrovich (2008–09) Nissan Yehezkel (2010–12) Eyal Lahman (2012–13) Sharon Mimer (2013–15) Ofir Haim (2015–16) Gili Levanda (2016) Nir Berkovic (2016–2018) Ron Marcus (2018–2019) Nir Berkovic (2019) Ofer Taselpapa (2019–2020) Meni Koretski (2020) Ismaeel Amar (2020–2022) Amir Nussbaum (2022–) Honours League Cups European Record References External links Official Site fans Official Site Rishon Lezion Rishon Lezion Association football clubs established in 1940 1940 establishments in Mandatory Palestine Hapoel Rishon LeZion F.C.